Salmon Pie/pate Au Saumon

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup shortening or 1/2 cup pure lard
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup flour (to roll out dough)
• 1 (213 g) can salmon, drained and de-boned
• 8 -10 small potatoes (boiled or steamed)
• 1/4-1/2 cup butter or 1/4-1/2 cup margarine
• 1 cup milk or 1 cup cream or 1 cup evaporated milk or 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup fresh chives, finely chopped
• 2 teaspoons dried basil
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 crust: mix 4 cups flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a medium to large mixing bowl.
• 2 cut in the 1/2 cup of shortening with pastry cutter, two knives or a fork- until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
• 3 add water to the mixture a little at a time, you can use a fork or you hands to mix the flour and water- until all is mixed and is slightly sticky.
• 4 roll the dough out on a floured surface and knead until smooth.
• 5 cut the dough in half and chill the 2 balls of dough until needed.
• 6 filling:.
• 7 while boiling (40 mins) or steaming (30-40 mins) the potatoes, drain and de-bone the salmon.
• 8 i personally don't like any bones, no matter how soft they are in my pie!
• 9 once potatoes are done and you can insert a fork into them without resistance, drain water (if boiled) and with a hand mixer start to cream the potatoes.
• 10 add the butter to the potatoes--as much or as little as you want--and cream together until the butter is melted and evenly distributed.
• 11 add the milk a 1/2 cup at a time until the potatoes are smooth and creamy, but not too thin nor too thick.
• 12 add the salmon chives, basil, salt and pepper and mix with the mixer or by hand.
• 13 add enough salt that you can taste it through the potatoes sufficiently.
• 14 roll out the first ball of dough large enough for the bottom and sides of a 13x9x2-inch pan.
• 15 line the pan with dough and add mashed potato mixture evenly into the pan.
• 16 roll out second ball of dough and place it on top of the filling; cut off excess dough and seal the edges of the pie.
• 17 make incisions in the dough like this:/// or like this:+.
• 18 bake for 40 minutes at 400°f or until browned on top and on bottom on the middle rack in the oven.
• 19 serve right away--we like it with butter melted on top and salt and pepper.